The competition will be held at Marina Middle School at 3500 Fillmore Street, San Francisco, CA 94123

Participants will be placed in the grade division based on their daytime school grade assignment.

There will be 1 champion and 2 runner-ups plus a few honorable mentions awarded for each event per group. Champions and runner-ups will receive trophies, certificates, and gifts. Honorable mentions will receive certificates.

Each participant may sign up for a maximum of 3 events.

Participants may only register for one recital contest (Mandarin or Cantonese).

Poetry Recital event is divided into "native speaker" and "non-native speaker" for both Cantonese and Mandarin competitions. Students who come for the second section will be notified in advance.

Please complete the application form and mail it to:
Confucius Institute at San Francisco State University, Burk Hall 325, 1600 Holloway Avenue,
San Francisco, CA 94132.
You may fax the form to: (415)405-2866;
or you may apply online at http://www.sfsu.edu/~ci/.
Application must be received by the above indicated deadline of February 12, 2010.
No late application will be accepted. Any questions, please call (415) 338-7631
or email cisfsu@sfsu.edu.

Participants will receive confirmation by email or letter by 02/26/2010. If you do not hear by 02/26/2010, please contact CI at SFSU at (415) 338-7631.